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Elysia can tell she's made the other nervous instantly, which hadn't been her intention. There'd been no reason but her own curiosity to ask the question, and she feels a little bad about it now.
"Amastacia," Elysia says, trying the name out on her tongue. "It's pretty." Starflower is as well, of course, but she thinks she likes the elven more. But if Eliana usually goes by Starflower, she won't use a name she doesn't want.
"Ah, yes, I suppose that's only fair," Elysia agrees. She knows a pivot when she sees it, but she'll let the elven girl have this one, for the moment. "Amell. Nothing as nice as Starflower, but it has a certain ring to it."
It's safe to share, if only because she'd picked it out herself. There's no chance of it tying back to her old life, before all of this, and she likes it that way. The more distance she can put between herself and her past, the better.
"Anything else you'd like to know, while we're asking questions?" She hopes she can set the other at ease, if only a little bit.














